Author : Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781506139814
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis King Eric and the Outlaws by : Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Download or read book King Eric and the Outlaws written by Bernhard Severin Ingemann and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[...] Meanwhile there were more cries and shouts than deeds in most places, and the wild alarmists were in motion in the most opposite directions, but, on the old strand, a person was seen who had brought order and plan into the attack; it was Sir Helmer Blaa, who, with warlike eagerness, posted the balista on the strand, and instructed the burghers how to use these engines with force and effect. For some hours he stood unwearied at this his favourite occupation, and where he led the attack the castle sustained considerable damage. The captive insurgents meanwhile had been liberated at the council-house. A great number of the council had joined the insurgents' party, and taken up arms against the bishop. The rest of the counsellors had escaped at the imminent peril of their lives, and some of them had succeeded in getting out amongst the crowd through the north gate, and reaching the king's castle at Sorretslov, where they found the king already on horseback, at the head of his knights and spearmen, in readiness to enter the town himself and quell the insurrection.[...].""